diff --git a/ansible/roles/mjb-profile-store/files/gitea-1.17.1-linux-amd64 b/ansible/roles/mjb-profile-store/files/gitea-1.17.1-linux-amd64
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/mjb-profile-store/files/gitea-1.17.1-linux-amd64.tgz b/ansible/roles/mjb-profile-store/files/gitea-1.17.1-linux-amd64.tgz
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/mjb-profile-store/tasks/gitea.yml b/ansible/roles/mjb-profile-store/tasks/gitea.yml
index bac3568..18044af 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/mjb-profile-store/tasks/gitea.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/mjb-profile-store/tasks/gitea.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@
     group: git
     mode: 0770
 
+# Store gitea-1.17.1-linux-amd64 as gitea-1.17.1-linux-amd64.tgz in the repo to
+# cut the size in half and have GitHub allow it to be hosted there.  Unpack locally.
+- name: Unpack gitea-1.17.1-linux-amd64
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  shell:
+    tar -xzf gitea-1.17.1-linux-amd64.tgz
+  args:
+    chdir: "{{ role_path }}/files/"
+    creates: "{{ role_path }}/files/gitea-1.17.1-linux-amd64"
+
 - name: Install /usr/local/bin/gitea
   copy:
     dest: /usr/local/bin/gitea
@@ -61,7 +71,7 @@
 # instead.
 - name: Install /var/lib/gitea
   copy:
-    dest: /var/lib/gitea
+    dest: /var/lib/gitea/gitea
     src: "{{ role_path }}/files/gitea-1.17.1-linux-amd64"
     owner: root
     group: root